Says because of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City "much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where boardwalk used to be."

Hurricane Sandy washed iconic Jersey Shore landmarks into the sea, but despite what you may have heard -- from social media, television or maybe even a United States senator -- the historic boardwalk fronting Atlantic City's casinos survived.

Two weeks after the monstrous storm swept through New Jersey, devastating large swaths of the states coastline, Frank Lautenberg, a Democrat, took to the Senate floor to describe the destruction and push for funding for recovery efforts.

In his Nov. 13 speech, the senator mentioned damage across the state, but said, "the seashore community was hit especially hard."

"The boardwalk is the defining image of the New Jersey shore. Many of us remember walking on that boardwalk in wonderment of the attractions. The boardwalk has been a constant in the lives of those who live there or visit the shore. But for communities like Belmar, Seaside Heights, the Atlantic City, and others, much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where the boardwalk used to be, as we see it here,"

Our ruling

Lautenberg said that because of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City, "much of that boardwalk no longer existsjust the pillars where the boardwalk used to be."

The storm washed away a dilapidated section of Atlantic Citys boardwalk -- much of which had been scheduled for demolition -- that runs along the Absecon Inlet. So theres an element of truth to Lautenbergs claim.

But the stretch of the boardwalk in front of the casinos -- the area most tourists associate with Atlantic City -- fared the storm well.

Lautenbergs speech ignored those important details, so we rate this claim Mostly False.

Times are tough on a lot of us, but if you've got a job, really, $5 a month? You're going to miss that? How about turning off the lights when you leave the room? How about dropping the thermostat a degree while you're not at home? How about skipping that fancy pants coffee twice a month?

All we're asking for is $5 a month. Get out that wallet, input your Debit/Credit card #, set up a monthly and forget about it.

If this ham-n-egger can be a dollar a day guy, you can pony up $0.17 a day. Seventeen cents a day for all the time you spend on FR?

Sen. Lautencadaver is nostalgic for the Atlantic City boardwalk of the 1920’s as portrayed in Boardwalk Empire. He was a young crook back then. Now he is just an old, senile, corrupt scumbag who is long past his “best before” date.

It's hillarious. This hypocritical imbecile, when he first ran for the Senate 30 years ago, bitched and complained that GOP Congresswoman Millicent Fenwick was too old to serve as the Senator from New Jersey. Frank is now twenty years older than she was then.

No other state's tax dollars will ever be sent to NJ. That's the irony of it all: Every year, NJ taxpayers pay far more to the federal gov't than the state itself receives in return. Because the higher income earners live here. NJ tax dollars have always been redistributed to other states, not vice versa. (See Tax Foundation)

So, in order to get the money to send to New Jersey, the federal gov't essentially takes it from... New Jersey, I guess. NJ should skip the middle man.

Lautenberg is a assclown. I despise the ground that old fool walks upon. But he was not talking about just Atlantic city he was talking about the Jersey Shore. I used to live in a few of the towns and there is widespread devastation in many shore communities. There is lots to be critical about Lautenberg.

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